France's Total starts to consider nuclear energy: report

SINGAPORE (MarketWatch) -- French oil company Total SA (TOT) has begun to eye nuclear energy as access to oil and gas becomes more restricted, the Financial Times reported on its Web site.

Christophe de Margerie, who will take over as Total's chief executive this month, said in the report: "Being in the energy business, (which) we consider not only as our business but also as a responsibility vis á vis the consumers, we will certainly one day have to be part of this (nuclear) adventure."

Although it was not an immediate concern, he said, as access to hydrocarbons became more difficult, Total was branching out into other forms of energy.

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